Losing membership in the private sector, union bosses are increasingly seeking to organize care providers who are reimbursed by state funds — that way, labor leaders can pressure their political allies into recognizing the union and forking over more taxpayer money. The union drives have happened with childcare and health care providers everywhere from New York to Illinois to the West Coast, where even Washington State foster parents have sought a union.

In Oregon, SEIU has already picked up childcare and home care providers. Now they’re after a new target: adult foster care providers. But hold on a minute. The proposal to unionize the foster care providers isn’t sitting well with all potential members, some of whom don’t like the price tag of joining SEIU. The Statesman Journal reports: